Month: November 2025
First Nation getting clearer picture of who attended area residential school
As Canada marks the grim legacy of its Indigenous residential school system Friday, a London-area First Nation is developing a fuller picture of the nearly 1,000 students who attended one such school in the area. Chippewas of the Thames First Nation, which last year announced its plans to search for any unmarked graves at the […]
City police charge suspected fentanyl, meth trafficker
Owen Sound police charged a Brampton man with drug offences and seized more than $100,000 worth of fentanyl and methamphetamine Wednesday. City police said this was a major drug seizure which resulted from a “lengthy and complex investigation involving a drug trafficker selling illicit drugs in Owen Sound and the Grey-Bruce area,” a police news […]
College support staff ratify new contract
Full-time support staff at Ontario’s 24 publicly-funded colleges are now under a contract for the next three years.
St. Thomas landlord charged with sexual assault of tenant
The charges were laid after St. Thomas police received a complaint last Thursday about a landlord making “unwanted advances” towards a female tenant.
HELP WANTED: Why are lucrative skilled trades a tough sell to young people?
Courtney Axford always loved working with her hands – even taking shop classes in high school – but thought trades careers were “just for boys.”